Provenance: Sir Alan Barlow Collection; Sir Thomas Barlow Collection.
Published: Geza Fehervari, Islamic Pottery: A Comprehensive study based on the Barlow Collection, London, 1973, no. 272, 108a.
The decoration of this tankard is ultimately based on a Chinese 15th Century prototype.
It belongs to a group of wares that have been termed "wheatsheaf style" by Atasoy and Raby (Nurhan Atasoy and Julian Raby, Iznik: The Pottery of Ottoman Turkey, London, 1989, pp. 239-40).
Lot heading
An large Iznik blue and white pottery Tankard Turkey, circa 1575